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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 | 38 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 index 43ce4e397678..52866491ec06 100644 --- a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 +++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ _malloc_options = "X"; .Sh ENVIRONMENT The following environment variables affect the execution of the allocation functions: -.Bl -tag -width MMM +.Bl -tag -width ".Ev MALLOC_OPTIONS" .It Ev MALLOC_OPTIONS If the environment variable .Ev MALLOC_OPTIONS @@ -389,58 +389,54 @@ this function will assure death of the process. The following is a brief description of possible error messages and their meanings: .Pp -.Bl -tag -width indent -.It "(ES): mumble mumble mumble +.Bl -diag +.It "(ES): mumble mumble mumble" The allocation functions were compiled with .Dq EXTRA_SANITY defined, and an error was found during the additional error checking. Consult the source code for further information. -.It Xo -.Xr mmap 2 -failed, check limits -.Xc +.It "mmap(2) failed, check limits" This most likely means that the system is dangerously overloaded or that the process' limits are incorrectly specified. -.It "freelist is destroyed +.It "freelist is destroyed" The internal free-list has been corrupted. +.It "out of memory" +The +.Dq X +option was specified and an allocation of memory failed. .El .Pp -.Bl -tag -width indent The following is a brief description of possible warning messages and their meanings: -.Pp -.It "chunk/page is already free +.Bl -diag +.It "chunk/page is already free" The process attempted to .Fn free memory which had already been freed. -.It "junk pointer ... +.It "junk pointer, ..." A pointer specified to one of the allocation functions points outside the bounds of the memory of which they are aware. -.It "malloc() has never been called +.It "malloc() has never been called" No memory has been allocated, yet something is being freed or realloc'ed. -.It "modified (chunk-/page-) pointer +.It "modified (chunk-/page-) pointer" The pointer passed to .Fn free or .Fn realloc has been modified. -.It "pointer to wrong page +.It "pointer to wrong page" The pointer that .Fn malloc or .Fn calloc is trying to free does not reference a possible page. -.It "recursive call +.It "recursive call" A process has attempted to call an allocation function recursively. This is not permitted. In particular, signal handlers should not attempt to allocate memory. -.It "out of memory -The -.Dq X -option was specified and an allocation of memory failed. -.It "unknown char in MALLOC_OPTIONS +.It "unknown char in MALLOC_OPTIONS" An unknown option was specified. Even with the .Dq A |